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Iran Rejects US Peace Proposal, Troop Deployment, Social Media Trial

Iran Rejects US Peace Proposal, Troop Deployment, Social Media Trial

Up First from NPR
Mar 26, 2026 13 min
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Iran rejects a U.S. proposal to end the war and offers a different peace plan. Thousands more U.S. troops are deployed to the Middle East as President Trump considers seizing Iranian oil infrastructure. An unprecedented verdict against Meta and Google finds the tech giants responsible for mental health issues like anxiety and depression. <br/><br/><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.</em><br/><br/>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Gerry Holmes, Tara Neill, Brett Neely, Alice Woelfle, and HJ Mai. <br/><br/>It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas, and Chris Thomas.<br/><br/>We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange, and our deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.<br/><br/><br>(0:00) Introduction<br>(01:58) Iran Rejects US Peace Proposal<br>(05:47) Troop Deployment<br>(09:30) Social Media Trial<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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